Chapter 22 Outwitting Liangzhou
This Liangzhou city is the gateway of the entire Xiliang, the geographical location is very important, the strategic location is self-evident, after many years of uninterrupted construction, the city is solid, the fortifications are complete, Han Sui retreated to Liangzhou after strengthening the city fortifications, for Han Sui this is his most rearmost barrier, but also his most rearmost insurance, so the city's gains and losses are very important, once the loss of Liangzhou, he has no way out.
Dong Zhuo saw that the fortifications of Liangzhou City were strictly prepared, and it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, Guo Yan said: "The lord must not let him develop strength, he intends to attack quickly!" ”
Dong Zhuosui said: "It seems that there is no good way, this is Han Sui's last barrier, taking him is equivalent to completely eliminating Han Sui, preparing to attack the city on the same day, even if you use people, you will take it down for me!" ”
On the second day, he saw that the entire Dong Zhuo army of more than 70,000 people was ready to go, and the soldiers were carrying ladders, wooden stakes, and bows and crossbows gathered outside Liangzhou City, and the entire Liangzhou City was submerged by the sea of people, Han Sui looked at such a majestic Dong Zhuo army on Liangzhou City, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and felt that the war was about to break out, and the breath of death became more and more pervasive, and even the air seemed to become difficult, but he did not flinch, he wanted to rely on the fortifications of Liangzhou City Defense to block Dong Zhuo's army outside the city.
This Liangzhou city is the gateway of Xiliang, the whole city is not only tall and majestic, but also majestic, the city gate is also extraordinarily tight, the city wall is also very strong, and has been repaired, the city has set up a lookout at every other distance to ambush the crossbowmen and rolling wood and stones, and there are people carrying things one after another.
Dong Zhuo's army was about to prepare to storm Liangzhou City under the city, and at this time, Guan Yun said to Dong Zhuo: "The lord is slow!" Although the defense of this Liangzhou city is strong, the northwest corner of its entire layout is the weak point of the entire city, and the lord only needs to do so! Guan Yun whispered in Dong Zhuo's ear, and Dong Zhuo nodded again and again.
Dong Zhuo then beckoned the entire army to gather heavy troops to move in the direction of the northeast corner of Liangzhou City, the northeast corner is the key point of the entire Liangzhou City, so Han Sui strengthened the fortifications here, covered with antlers, and crossbowmen, Dong Zhuo's army went around the northeast corner of the city gate, and began to look here but did not enter the army, but kept watching under the city, Han Sui was very strange when he saw this, and was a little puzzled by Dong Zhuo's behavior: Since they are all ready, why not attack the city? And to run around this northeast corner? Could it be that he Dong Zhuo has something to do? Or do you want to open a gap from here? Anyway, I have to guard against him, so Han Sui watched and thought about it while arranging for people to be deployed on the northeast corner
Dong Zhuo led his soldiers not to attack the city but walked around the city, Han Sui was very suspicious when he saw this, but Dong Zhuo's general Guo Yan couldn't bear it: "Why didn't the lord order the siege?" Are the brothers waiting? ”
Dong Zhuo looked at it unhurriedly, there was no anxiety or anxiety in the corners of his eyes, but instead he smiled slightly, no matter how anxious Guo Yan was, he was as steady as Mount Tai, and did not give any order to attack.
Dong Zhuo led the army to wait and see, but did not attack the city, and soon dispersed with the team, Han Sui couldn't help but think: Dong Zhuo is a scheming man, this observation must be to prepare for the siege of the city, so we must not take it lightly, and we must put the focus of the city defense fortifications in the northeast corner of the city in case of accidents! Han Sui thought of this, so he stepped up the deployment in the northeast corner of Liangzhou City.
Everything seems to be calm at night, but at this time Dong Zhuo's army is still ready to go, strong soldiers, they want to take advantage of this night to take Liangzhou City, the army is distributed, and then they march towards Liangzhou City, the army did not go out of the frontal attack, let alone go to the northeast corner of Liangzhou City, but detoured back to the northwest corner of Liangzhou City, here is the weak point of the entire Liangzhou City, it turned out that during the day Dong Zhuo led the army to confuse Han Sui to make a move to attack the west, he feigned to attack the northeast corner of the city to attract Han Sui's main force, In the evening, Dong Zhuo led a large army to attack the northwest corner of the city, which was the secret plan given to him by Guan Yun. This is also what Guan Yun realized by reading "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but in the book, Jia Wen and the enemy saw through Cao Cao's tricks, but this does not mean that Han Sui will definitely be able to see through it, but the world is unpredictable, but Guan Yun still pressed the bet hard. …,
Fate always favors those who are prepared, and pities those who have courage, maybe the history of failure will not be repeated, Guan Yun also has full confidence and firmly believes in his strategy, Dong Zhuo's army detoured back to the northwest corner of Liangzhou City, but saw only a few people shuttling in the city, for Dong Zhuo's army to come quietly, the city did not care at all, Dong Zhuo's army took advantage of the moon and stars to march to the city, and a group of soldiers had already flown up and scratched the hook to climb the city, this is a group of people who have long been prepared to die, and most of them are the elite of the soldiers, At the moment, they rushed up to Liangzhou City, looked at the antlers, rushed to the city, killed the soldiers defending the city, and started a fight with the defenders of the city
Han Sui's army in the city was defenseless and the fortifications here were relatively weak, and soon the northwest corner of the city was opened, everything went as smoothly as Guan Yun expected, Han Sui really did not deploy here, the history of Cao Cao's defeat was not repeated, Dong Zhuo's army quickly attacked Liangzhou City and opened the city gate, the two armies fought together, and suddenly the entire Liangzhou City was in chaos, the fire was soaring into the sky, and the shouting and killing sound was like Cui Tian collapsing, and the whole night sky was also bright as day, and the two sides killed people on their backs and horses. Guan Yun also led his soldiers to fight hard, and Dong Zhuo's army was numerous, overwhelming Han Sui in number; the second is to launch miraculous feats, which are unexpected, and have a great strategic advantage; third, there are many generals and talents, which are also incomparable to Han Sui; Therefore, as long as Dong Zhuo's army invaded Liangzhou City, Han Sui was doomed to an irretrievable defeat.
Dong Zhuo's army instantly controlled the situation in Liangzhou City, and began to take the initiative, Han Sui's army was quickly defeated, Han Sui rushed to the west gate under the escort of the generals, at this time he understood that if he did not give up this city, he could only fight to the death, but even this could not reverse the fate of failure, rather than this it is better to abandon this city in order to protect himself, as the saying goes, "the green mountains left are not afraid of no firewood", as long as you live, you will not worry about no way out, Han Sui withdrew from Liangzhou City while fighting, and withdrew in the direction of Jincheng in the southwest, Dong Zhuo's army soon occupied Liangzhou.